高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年2月25日星期六

Pictures Around the World 2012 Feb25

Jerusalem: Israeli border police raise their batons to disperse Palestinian protesters at the al-Aqsa mosque
Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan bakery worker watches a protest triggered by the burning of copies of the Qur'an at a Nato military base
Pinar del Rio, Cuba: A worker tends tobacco crops
Kuwait City: A woman wears contact lenses in the colours of her national flag ahead of the 21st anniversary of the end of the Gulf war
Bali, Indonesia: A prisoner looks through a window burnt during riots at the Kerobokan jail triggered by the stabbing of an inmate during a brawl a week ago
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Anti-riot police walk towards protesters at a train station after the body of the 51st victim of a train accident was found in the wreckage
San Jose, Costa Rica: A display of the orchid Psychopsis krameriana at an exhibition of about 2,000 species
Michigan, US: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walks to his campaign bus after speaking at a town hall meeting
Cairo, Egypt: People take photographs with their mobile phones as Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Children from the village of Hanuabada play cricket in the street
Dakar, Senegal: Presidential candidate Idrissa Seck attends a campaign rally two days before the election
London, England: Tania Cagnotto of Italy competes in the 3-metre springboard final at the Aquatics Centre
Tunis, Tunisia: Hillary Clinton arrives for the western and Arab nations' meeting that will demand an immediate ceasefire in Syria